Swiss National Science Foundation

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Summary

Swiss National Science Foundation is a foundation[1]. It draws 233 Wikipedia views per month (foundation category, ranking #46 of 236).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Informationsdienst Wissenschaft[3], Science Europe[4], ORCID, Inc.[5], European Network of Research Integrity[6], Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment[7], European Open Science Cloud Association[8]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bern[9]
  • Country: Switzerland[10]
  • Instance of: organization[11], catalogue[12]
  • Headquarters location: Bern[13]
  • Chief executive officer: Katrin Milzow[14], Thomas Werder Schläpfer[15]
  • Commons category: Swiss National Science Foundation[16]
  • Chairperson: Torsten Schwede[17]
  • Inception: August 1, 1952[18]
  • Official website: https://www.snf.ch[19]
  • Official name: Schweizerische Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung[20]
  • Legal form: foundation[21]
  • Short name: SNSF[22], SNF[23]
  • Total revenue: 1,036,480,219 euro[24]
  • Has goal: research funding[25]
  • API endpoint URL: https://aai-login.snf.ch/idp/shibboleth[26]
  • Street address: Wildhainweg 3 3012 Bern[27]
  • Donations: 2,737,168 euro[28]
  • Funder: Switzerland[29]
  • Social media followers: 9053[30], 13,573[31], 778[32], 781[33], 782[34]

Why It Matters

Swiss National Science Foundation has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Works attributed to it include Swiss National Open Research Data (ORD) Strategy[37], a document[38], in Switzerland[39], written by swissuniversities[40].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . snf.ch. Retrieved . snf.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . snf.ch. Retrieved . snf.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . idw-online.de. Retrieved . idw-online.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . scienceeurope.org. Retrieved . scienceeurope.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [8] ↑ . eosc.eu. Retrieved . eosc.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . be.chregister.ch. Retrieved . be.chregister.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . uid.admin.ch. Retrieved . uid.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · 本日晴天 · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 15d ago · GregMcCollum · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 11w ago · Helgoland71 · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total revenue → {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+1036480219'}
    Website → —
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    Headquarters location → Bern
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